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genus Mezobromelia L.B.Sm.

(subtrib. Cipuropsidinae)

Publ: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 70(5): 151 (1935)

Type: Mezobromelia bicolor L. B. Smith, Proc. Am. Acad. (Contr. Gray Herb. 106) 70: 151, pl. 1, figs. 10, 11. 1935.

Number of species: 6

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Genus Notes:

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 70: 151. 1935.
Type Mezobromelia bicolor L.B. Sm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 70: 151. 1935. Currently recognized in the subfam. Tillandsioideae. See Luther (in Bromélia 2: 3-5. 1995). Named in honor of Carl Christian Mez (1866-1944): “who has done more than any other botanist to clarify the taxonomy of the Bromeliaceae.”
(from Grant & Zijlstra 1998)